l'Academie des Belles Lettres de Caen. Chez Jacques
Manoury, 1757, 4 vols. crown 8vo. Rapport generale sur les travaux de
l'Academie des Sciences, Arts, et Belles Lettres de la ville de Caen,
jusqu'au premier Janvier, 1811. Par P.F.T. Delariviere, Secretaire. A
Caen, chez Chalopin_. An. 1811-15. 2 vols. on different paper, with
different types, and provokingly of a larger form than its precursor.

[122] [On consulting the Addenda of the preceding edition, it will be seen
that this work appeared in the year 1820, under the title of _Essais
Historiques sur la Ville de Caen et son Arondissement_, in 2 small
octavo volumes. With the exception of two or three indifferent plates
of relics of sculpture, and of titles with armorial bearings, this
work is entirely divested of ornament. There are some useful
historical details in it, taken from the examination of records and
the public archives; but a HISTORY of CAEN is yet a desideratum.]

[123] [By the favour of our common friend Mr. Douce, I have obtained
permission to enrich these pages with the PORTRAIT of this
distinguished Archaeologist, from an original Drawing in the
possession of the same friend. See the OPPOSITE PLATE.]

[124] He has recently (1816) published an octavo volume entitled
"_Histoire des Polypiers, Coralligenes Flexibles, vulgairement
nommes Zoophytes. Par J.V.F. Lamouroux_. From one of his Epistles,
I subjoin a fac-simile of his autograph.

[Illustration: Lamouroux]

[125] The medallic project here alluded to is one which does both the
projector, and the arts of France, infinite honour; and I sincerely
wish that some second SIMON may rise up among ourselves to emulate,
and if possible to surpass, the performances of GATTEAUX and AUDRIEU.
The former is the artist to whom we are indebted for the medal of
Malherbe, and the latter for the series of the Bonaparte medals. [Has
my friend Mr. Hawkins, of the Museum, abandoned all thoughts of his
magnificent project connected with such a NATIONAL WORK?]

[126] See post--under the running title Bayeux.

[127] See page 172 ante.

[128] It is described in the 2d vol. of the AEDES ALTHORPIANAE; forming the
Supplement to the BIBLIOTHECA SPENCERIANA: see page 94.

[129] Goube, in his _Histoire du Duche de Normandie_, 1815, 8vo. has
devoted upwards of thirty pages to an enumeration of these worthies;